On April 29th, Ambassador Jamieson Greer, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), issued the 2025 Special 301 Report. In a press release (being quite different in tone from many over the past decade), the ...

The United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) has invited public comment and scheduled a hearing to inform its annual Special 301 review “to identify countries that deny adequate and effective ...

The Ukraine's reputation as the world's most persistent IP violator was confirmed in this year's US Trade Representative Special 301 Report. The Ukraine, identified as a Priority Foreign Country on ...

“New language emphasizes the importance of providing U.S. innovators with full and fair opportunities to use their IP and calls out foreign markets that fail to appropriately recognize the value of ...

“While this report highlights the importance of safeguarding IP rights critical to continued investment, the backsliding evidenced through the debate over the WTO TRIPS waiver indicates that the ...

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WTR presents findings from the 2024 edition of the USTR's Special 301 Report, the fourth to be released under the Biden administration. Register for free to receive our newsletter, view leading ...

The Special 301 report issued by the US Trade Representative has always been controversial, if only because it places Canada near the top of the list of countries with insufficient respect for ...

The Office of the US Trade Representative has published its 2023 Special 301 Report, the third to be released under the Biden administration. WTR presents key takeaways from the report. Register for ...

The 2021 Special 301 Report recently released by the U.S. Trade Representative is mostly déjà vu for the 32 countries included on the Priority Watch and Watch Lists, as all of them have appeared ...